Steel, painted and gold-leafed plywood, JFK figure, chinese female figure, ecliptic glass, 57’’ x 24’’ x 10½’’, 2010
Aluminum, mirror, motor, pine, silver leaf, trophy parts, digital print, 95” x 40” x 20”, 1994-2014
Steel, copper, painted plywood, charcoal, blue glass crystal, 57”H x 57”W x 8”D, 2010
1998-2008, Found objects, steel, copper, brass, paper globes, wax, Plexiglas and glass, 11’-7” H x 6’-3” D
This self portrait of sorts–constructed over a ten year period–is a collection of objects and iconographic symbols that transform and coalesce into a layered read open to personal translation.
1998-2008, Found objects, steel, copper, brass, paper globes, wax, Plexiglas and glass, 11’-7” H x 6’-3” D
48” dia. x 18”H, etched glass, steel, floats, 2012
Current incorporates fishing floats and navigational imagery within a steel and glass ring, a sort of floating world. The fishing floats arrived on our own beaches from across the Pacific following the currents that deliver an onslaught of tidal trash that threatens the health of the water and its inhabitants. The floats serve as planetary stand-ins and evoke a celestial orbiting that is at once contained and random. They are circling the drain of man’s continual pressure on the balance of nature for our oceans and seas.
Steel, copper, imaged glass, aluminum, lodestone, pyrite, iron filings, compasses, 42.25”H x 32”W x 32”D, 1990
Steel, copper, imaged glass, aluminum, lodestone, pyrite, iron filings, compasses, 42.25”H x 32”W x 32”D, 1990
Pine, paint, 64½” x 25” x 5½”, 1988
One evening while working in the studio, the twilight was suddenly lit up with a bright orange glow. I rushed to my second story deck to witness a mushroom-like cloud of smoke and fire rising hundreds of feet in the air from a nearby refinery. It was a sobering reminder of the hazards of living in an urban port environment. Though a millionth the power of an atomic blast it conveyed the feeling of an attack – this was more than 10 years before 9/11.
World globe (altered), steel, plywood, found objects, resin, raw pigment, 16”H x 13”W x 13”D, 2009/2010
World globe (altered), steel, plywood, found objects, resin, raw pigment, 16”H x 13”W x 13”D, 2009/2010
Corrugated board, twigs, glass, graphite, 4 1/2' x 10', 1974
Wood, roofing paper, corrugated steel, twigs, 1978